TKR 165/5, 18.3 overs | CPL 2016, Live Cricket Score, St Lucia Zouks vs Trinbago Knight Riders, Eliminator at Basseterre: TKR win by 5 wickets
TKR 165/5, 18.3 overs | St Lucia Zouks vs Trinbago Knight Riders, Eliminator: TKR won by 5 wickets
Trinbago Knight Riders win the eliminator by 5 wickets!
Live cricket score | TKR 165/0, 18.4 overs | Brendon McCullum 49(41), Sunil Narine 22(14): Knight Riders need 32 runs to win from 30 balls. After a few tight overs and Bravo’s wickets St Lucia Zouks made a comeback in the game. Knight Riders needed 15 runs from 12 balls but they have McCullum on crease. Johnson comes in to bowl 19th over. Narine hits his for two huge sixes after he started off with a wide. Another wide to follow. Narine takes a single and wins the match for Knight Riders as they reach Qualifier 2 of CPL 2016!
Live cricket score | TKR 133/4, 15 overs | Brendon McCullum 45(35), Dwayne Bravo 7(7): Pope got the wicket of Ramdin as he departed after scoring 18 runs. Bravo comes in to bat. McCullum and Bravo cruise towards the target.
Live cricket score | TKR 100/3, 10 overs | Brendon McCullum 28(18), Denesh Ramdin 13(12): After Taylor got rid of Colin Munro McCullum sets all guns blazing. He goes on a rampage and hits bowlers around for sixes and fours. Ramdin tries to give McCullum the strike as he is looking dangerous. He is taking the charge of the chase after Munro’s cameo ended.
Live cricket score | TKR 60/2, 5 overs | Colin Munro 18(9), Brendon McCullum 1(1): Amla lost his wicket after picking up two boundaries off the first over, he departs for 10. Akmal and Munro get their team the start they wanted by hitting fours and sixes all over the park. Akmal departs after providing his team a good start.
INNINGS BREAK!
Live cricket score | STZ 164/8, 20 overs | Shane Shillingford 16 (6), Jerome Taylor 2 (2): Bravo got the breakthrough as he send Fletcher packing for 41. Grant Elliot comes in to bat, he too falls quickly. Another wicket! Gidron Pope gets out for a golden duck. Sammy tries to hit boundaries from other end. He struck Bravo for two consecutive sixes in 19th over, Bravo got his wicket on the next ball as Sammy’s cameo ended at 40 runs. Shane Shillingford struck two sixes in the last over to get St Lucia to a fighting total.
Live cricket score | STZ 105/4, 15 overs | Andre Fletcher 40 (40), Darren Sammy 15 (11): Miller got out cheaply as Nikita Miller took his wicket. Skipper Sammy came out to bat. Fletcher is picking up singles from one end whereas Sammy is trying to hit boundaries from another.
Live cricket score | STZ 74/3, 10 overs | Andre Fletcher 32 (27), David Miller 5 (7): St Lucia got off to a flyer as Fletcher and Charles shared a partnership of 62 before Charles departed for 31. Shane Watson too departed after a boundary in the same over. Cooper bowls a successful over. Soon Michael Hussey got out as St Lucia lost a flurry of wickets. David Miller came out to bat. The run rate dipped in last 5 overs.
Live cricket score | STZ 45/0, 5 overs | Andre Fletcher 16 (14), Johnson Charles 29 (16): Zouks are off to a flying start, without losing any wicket. Charles, especially, has been going all guns blazing. However, it’s a belter of track, and it promises to be a high-scoring game.
TOSS UPDATE: Trinbago Knight Riders won the toss and will field first
Trinbago Knight Riders: Hashim Amla, Brendon McCullum, Colin Munro, Umar Akmal, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Dwayne Bravo (c), Kevon Cooper, Sunil Narine, Ronsford Beaton, Yannic Cariah, Nikita Miller
St Lucia Zouks: Andre Fletcher (wk), Johnson Charles, Michael Hussey, Shane Watson, Darren Sammy (c), David Miller, Grant Elliott, Gidron Pope, Delorn Johnson, Shane Shillingford, Jerome Taylor
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and live cricket updates’ post of the eliminator of Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2016 between St Lucia Zouks and Trinbago Knight Riders at Basseterre. Darren Sammy has had a spectacular year so far. First emerged victorious in the ICC World T20 2016, and now has reached the penultimate stage of CPL extravaganza. In 10 matches, Zouks won six, placing them third in the points table. They have a star-studded line-up, including Shane Watson, Michael Hussey, Morne Morkel, David Miller to name just four. However, in today’s contest, whichever team wins will play in Playoffs 2. Also read: GAW reach CPL 2016 final, beat JT by 4 wickets
Hence, both teams will leave no stone unturned to reach the next stage, as a defeat in this contest will shatter their hopes and dreams of lifting this year’s coveted trophy.
Knight Riders, on the other hand, are led by the ‘Champion’ himself, Dwayne Bravo. Be it ICC World T20 2016 or IPL 2016, he has been on song in the shortest format as well. Moreover, this year he also became the only players to scalp 300 wickets in T20s. Also read: Shane Watson’s embarrassing mistake leaves everyone laughing
As a matter of fact, Knight Riders boats of a swashbuckling team as well, as they feature Hashim Amla, Brendon McCullum, Colin Munro, Sunil Narine, Umar Akmal, among others. But, what gives an edge over Zouks is the kind of bowling unit they have at their disposal.
Whichever team wins will play Tallahwahs at the same venue on August 5. And then, two teams will battle to play Amazon in the final of CPL 2016.
Squads:
St Lucia Zouks: Andre Fletcher (wk), Johnson Charles, Shane Watson, David Miller, Darren Sammy (c), Grant Elliott, Gidron Pope, Michael Hussey, Delorn Johnson, Shane Shillingford, Jerome Taylor, Derone Davis, Eddie Leie, Kyle Mayers, Morne Morkel, Keron Cottoy, Fidel Edwards, Nitish Kumar, Keddy Lesporis, Miguel Cummins, Kristopher Ramsaran
Trinbago Knight Riders: Hashim Amla, Brendon McCullum, Colin Munro, Umar Akmal, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo (c), Denesh Ramdin (wk), Kevon Cooper, Sunil Narine, Nikita Miller, Ronsford Beaton, Sulieman Benn, Yannic Cariah, Anton Devcich, William Perkins, Hamza Tariq, Anderson Phillip, Javon Searles